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million in federal stimulus fundd for work at DenverUnion Station, the announced Wednesday. The grantg will help pay for design and constructiob at the historictrain station, which is to be converted into a terminal for severa l different transportation modes. RTD is carrying out the transi portion of the overall UnionStatioj redevelopment. The station will be a hub for the regionaptransit agency’s planned “FasTracks” rail transit project. It will also be used by many RTD The $18.6 million comes from a pool of $8.
4 billion for transity capital improvements authorized under the Americanm Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signedr into law in Denvert by President Barack Obama on Feb. 17. “By reinvesting in our nation’zs transit infrastructure, we are makinyg our communitiesmore livable, invigorating the locapl economy, and putting America back to work,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday in a The total cost of redeveloping union station for transigt is expected to costabout $478 million.
RTD plans to pay abouty $208 million, with the balancr coming from federal monet and otherlocal sources, Rogefr Sherman, chief operating officer at Denver lobbying firm CRL Associatees Inc. and spokesman for the Denver Unionj StationProject Authority, said in May. RTD separately is seeking stimulus funds for a varietuy ofother projects, including $17.1 million to purchas e new fareboxes for the transi system’s bus fleet.